Girls on Wire
2025- Nominee
Berlin International Film Festival · Golden Bear (2025) · Nominee
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Vivian Qu
文晏
Biography
Vivian Qu was born in Beijing, China. She is a director, writer and producer, known for Trap Street (2013), Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) and Angels Wear White (2017). She is the first woman director to ever win Best Director at both the Golden Horse Awards and the China Film Director's Guild Awards.
Selected Filmography
Selected Recognition
- Winner
Golden Horse Awards · Best Director (2017) · Winner
- Winner
China Film Directors' Guild Awards · Best Director (2017) · Winner
- First
First woman to win Best Director at two major Chinese ceremonies — also the only female-directed film in Venice's main competition that year
Trap Street
2013- Winner
Vancouver International Film Festival · Dragons & Tigers Award, Special Mention (2013) · Winner
- Winner
Boston Independent Film Festival · Grand Jury Prize (2013) · Winner
- Social impact
Screened at Venice, Toronto, and Rotterdam, though it has not had a theatrical release in mainland China
